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document.write( "let Pat's age be x years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ruth's age will be 2x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "after 4 years ruth will be 2x+4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 years ago pat was x-3 years<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+4=3(x-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+4=3x-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-3x=-9-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x=-13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 13 years Pat's age.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ruth's age = 2x = 26 years<BR>\n" );
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